Time of Transformation

I highly recommend this game for your Labor Day Festivities.  

When you gently throw the water balloon into the hoop, it rolls down and splatters at your feet!

If your b-ball hoop doesn't have the slope attachment you could probably use cardboard.

The outdoor train track construction, down a wall, was a hit as well.

And yes, extreme lollipops make everything more fun.

The joys of being a grandmother.

August 30
It's a free day today. There is nothing on the calendar. Actually, it's the first free day in August!
There are a boatload (including cleaning boats) of chores to be done, but I think after running a few errands, I'm going to sneak off and have a date day with Jesus!  Grabbing an actual Bible (not an app), a notebook, and taking some CD's to avoid bringing my cell phone along. Yup, a date with Jesus is on the calendar!  A time for transformation!  A time to allow the Lover of my Soul to do a make over on me!

"So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you." Romans 12:2

Day Thirty of Encouraging Your Husband 

"This is my beloved, and this is my friend." Song of Solomon 5:16b

Friends can be completely honest with each other, but friendships are strained when truth is not spoken in love. How are you speaking to your beloved? Are you so "used" to him that you don't appreciate the wonder of his friendship? That is your challenge today. Is your sweetheart your best friend? Does he know this? Have you told him, or do you assume he "just knows"?

© Revive Our Hearts.  

Friendship is something that is cultivated through the good times and the bad. 
Friends can share their hearts, but they don't step on each other's hearts.

The way to have and be a good friend is to cultivate and celebrate the relationship. As you end this "30-Day Encouragement Challenge," celebrate your friendship with your husband. Get alone and reflect on your beloved friend. Write him a letter, listing the qualities you admire and appreciate about him. If you are creative with words, write and frame a poem about him.

Perhaps you can prepare a special meal, just for the two of you, and read the letter or poem to him.
Ask if you can pray for him, and if he is willing, thank God for your love and friendship, asking for His blessing on your home. Encouragement, as you have seen these past 30 days, is a synonym for love in action.

How has this challenge changed your heart and life, dear friend? Did God encourage you as you planned ways to encourage your husband? Were there difficult days where you simply needed to trust that God was working? Days when it was hard to leave the results to God? Remember that God is faithful, and He will bless you for your willingness to obey Him. His ways are not our ways, and perhaps He will honor you in ways you do not expect, but one thing is sure—you will never be the same because of your commitment to be more like Christ!